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i've known jim lehrer for a long time. he won't be constricted by the -- he could well go into libya and what's been happening in the second part of the debate. >> not just the first 45 minutes are important, after the debate, our job, the fact checking, reality checking, wolf, a little bit on that. >> we certainly do, anderson. a very impressive reality check team to determine if the candidates are telling us the truth tonight. john berman is one of the team's leaders, joining us now. john, you have been fact checking candidates' recent claims on the campaign trail what are you seeing? >> we took a look at what candidates have been saying the last few days, to get a flavor of what things might look like in terms of the truth. tack cuts, who deserves them, who gets them? president obama claimed again that mitt romney is looking for new tax breaks worth trillions of dollars for those meshes with the most money. >> they think that somehow you can lower our deficits by spending another $5 trillion on new tax breaks for the we
i've known jim lehrer for a long time. he won't be constricted by the -- he could well go into libya and what's been happening in the second part of the debate. >> not just the first 45 minutes are important, after the debate, our job, the fact checking, reality checking, wolf, a little bit on that. >> we certainly do, anderson. a very impressive reality check team to determine if the candidates are telling us the truth tonight. john berman is one of the team's leaders, joining us...
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louis, missouri, i'm jim lehrer. thank you, and good night. [applause] c-span [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> monday, an interview with former presidential candidate ross perot. he talks about the status of the economy, the deficit and debt, and how it has changed since his campaigns in 1992 and 1996. here's a portion of that interview. >> you established a third party. he ran twice. you established -- what was it? united we stand and then the reform party. do you think there is something wrong with the two-party system that has gotten, as we have seen, more acrimonious? >> it is almost impossible to do it. it would be a healthy thing if you could get it done and make it happen. they know they are going to be butchered from day one for what they have done. >> "usa today's" richard wolfe talks with ross perot. and to confine his article on monday in "usa today." >> my opponent and his running mate are big believers in top down economics. they basically think tha
louis, missouri, i'm jim lehrer. thank you, and good night. [applause] c-span [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> monday, an interview with former presidential candidate ross perot. he talks about the status of the economy, the deficit and debt, and how it has changed since his campaigns in 1992 and 1996. here's a portion of that interview. >> you established a third party. he ran twice. you established...
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and keep up the talk on the doubleheader and our own jim lehrer will appear in a segment with cbs's bob schieffer on the program "sunday morning" this weekend to talk about the history of presidential debates. >> suarez: and to the last installment this week in our series of reports about america's dropout problem. tonight, we take a second look at a story about life outside the classroom. we head back to st. petersburg, florida, where one boy's enthusiasm for journalism has helped shine a light on problems, while brightening his future at the same time. it's part of our "american graduate" project. this is how 14-year-old de'qonton davis starts every school day in st. tersburg, florida. he wakes up early and walks his 12-year-old sister terrijana six blocks to the bus stop. to the casual eye, his family's neighborhood seems pleasant and sunny. but on closer look, the scars of poverty and a lingering recession become apparent-- high unemployment, foreclosures, and some of the highest crime rates in the city. last month, de'qonton says he began making it a point to walk with his sister,
and keep up the talk on the doubleheader and our own jim lehrer will appear in a segment with cbs's bob schieffer on the program "sunday morning" this weekend to talk about the history of presidential debates. >> suarez: and to the last installment this week in our series of reports about america's dropout problem. tonight, we take a second look at a story about life outside the classroom. we head back to st. petersburg, florida, where one boy's enthusiasm for journalism has...
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he took control of the moderator, jim lehrer, look at this. >> jim, the president began this segment so i think i get the last word so i'm going to take it. >> you're going to get the first word in the next segment. but he gets the first word of that segment and i get-- let me just make that comment. and let me repeat what i said, i'm not in favor of a 5 trillion dollar tax cut. stuart: where was that mitt romney the entire campaign. was that the strategy, surprise people at the debate and out comes the new mitt? joining us is pete snyder and works for the romney campaign in virginia and a fox news contributor. pete, was this a deliberate strategy, keep the guy under wraps and release him, at the first debate? >> stuart, no, i don't believe there is any underwraps strategy. this is mitt romney, the governor. this is mitt romney the take charge ceo. and stuart, with all the tv ads, with all of the, you know, the campaigning that's out there, never have we had an opportunity to have governor romney and president obama toe to toe. and what did we find out? for the first time in four yea
he took control of the moderator, jim lehrer, look at this. >> jim, the president began this segment so i think i get the last word so i'm going to take it. >> you're going to get the first word in the next segment. but he gets the first word of that segment and i get-- let me just make that comment. and let me repeat what i said, i'm not in favor of a 5 trillion dollar tax cut. stuart: where was that mitt romney the entire campaign. was that the strategy, surprise people at the...
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he cut off moderator jim lehrer several times, including this one. watch it. >> so i get rid of that. i'm sorry, jim, i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. and i like pbs, i love big bird, i actually love you too but i'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from china to pay for it. >> tell me how to get to sesame street. the comments blew up on twitter. somebody creating a an @firebigbird account. so romney using the sesame street analogy, did he get his point across? >> i think he showed a little humor and spontaneity, which is good for him to showb robotic. it made the point he wanted to cut spending and get the deficit under control. in that regard i think he was effect wif that. >> jim, thanks for getting up earl wiy with us. >>> also weighing in last night, a group of political science students from san jose state. they watched the debate together in downtown san jose. after it was over, even some of the president's biggest supporters in that room felt that romney had a slight edge. >> overall romney from my perspective
he cut off moderator jim lehrer several times, including this one. watch it. >> so i get rid of that. i'm sorry, jim, i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. and i like pbs, i love big bird, i actually love you too but i'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from china to pay for it. >> tell me how to get to sesame street. the comments blew up on twitter. somebody creating a an @firebigbird account. so romney using the sesame street analogy, did he get his...
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louis, missouri, i'm jim lehrer. ptioning sponsored by: at&t captioning provided by:ccs,2 grand rapids, michigan >> thank you phil and welcome again to t missouri press association debates. let me introduce to you today our candidates, we have to my left, republican congressmantodd akin. in the middle, democratic senator claire mccaskill. at the end, libertarian candidate jonathan dine. let me also introduce to you today our panel of journalist who will be joining me and asking questions today of the candidates. we have a student at the university of missouri, we have bill miller of the washington missourian and jeff fox of the independent examiner. now let me briefly go over the rules of our debate today. the candidates drew numbers in advance to determine their speaking order. they will each have two minutes for an opening statement. candidates will have the 90 seconds to answer each question with a 45 second rebuttal at the oion of the moderator. i will ask the first question and then our panelist will take turns
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jim lehrer moderates from the university of denver. what and engage with our live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern, followed by two ways to watch the debate at 9:00. on c-span, both candidates on- screen the entire debate. on c-span 2 bank, the multi camera version. following, your reactions, calls, e-mail, and tweets. following our coverage at c- span, c-span radio, and online at c-span.org. >> back to dallas. the texas senate debate, courtesy of wfaa. the senate seat is being vacated by kay bailey hutchison. [no audio] the texas senate debate getting underway shortly. ted cruz is a former solicitor general. paul sadler is a former member of the texas house. this is sent to us courtesy of wfaa tv. >> welcome back to, everyone, to ted cruz versus sadler. a lot of twittering going on, as the covered wide range of topics. let's get to some of them right here on the board. from david holmes -- i like this format. why won't you agree to more debates, cruz? up next, coming from joshua, sadler is already looking desperate, he may want to
jim lehrer moderates from the university of denver. what and engage with our live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern, followed by two ways to watch the debate at 9:00. on c-span, both candidates on- screen the entire debate. on c-span 2 bank, the multi camera version. following, your reactions, calls, e-mail, and tweets. following our coverage at c- span, c-span radio, and online at c-span.org. >> back to dallas. the texas senate debate, courtesy of wfaa. the senate seat is being vacated...
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it will be moderated by jim lehrer, host of pbs's "newshour." they'll have 15 minutes. ask a question, two minutes to respond. jake tapper pointed out on "world news." the president a little loquacious. one of his responses to jake was five minutes. got to cut that down a little bit. >> the media, we are guilty of this. we cover the horse race. we cover -- the one-liners or awkward moments. >> zingers. >> people watch -- i hope millions tune in to watch, they pay attention to the substance, how the two men differ in policies as opposed to who looked nervous, who had a little bit of sweat, who gave the quirky one-liner. >> check on the watch. >> yeah, hopefully people focus on the stuff that matters. we'll see. we'll see. >>> in pennsylvania big day today, there will be a vote on the voter i.d. law. it could still be appeared to the state supreme court here. we have seen that play out in different states around the country. virginia, ohio. so as just a few weeks out starting to see some of the judges take action one way or the other. how it is going to turn out. pennsylv
it will be moderated by jim lehrer, host of pbs's "newshour." they'll have 15 minutes. ask a question, two minutes to respond. jake tapper pointed out on "world news." the president a little loquacious. one of his responses to jake was five minutes. got to cut that down a little bit. >> the media, we are guilty of this. we cover the horse race. we cover -- the one-liners or awkward moments. >> zingers. >> people watch -- i hope millions tune in to watch,...
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. >> mitt romney in present obama me in the first presidential debate moderated by jim lehrer from the university of denver. what and engage with c-span, including a live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern. the debate is at 9:00 p.m. and then after the debate, your calls and e-mail and tweets. >> i watched c-span when there are even going on. any time something is going on, i want to watch c-span because they typically have the best, most unbiased view of whatever is happening. if i want to get spun in a circle, i will watch one of the other news organizations. so i watch c-span. if something is going on our want to know is happening, i turn on c-span. i don't know that i have a favorite show. anytime i need to know what is going on, the c-span will have the real story of what is really happening. uit watches c-span. c-span, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> de endowment for international peace had a discussion about governance in libya. scholars analyze secretive elements engaged historical perspective of libya of's tribal conflicts -- of libya's trib
. >> mitt romney in present obama me in the first presidential debate moderated by jim lehrer from the university of denver. what and engage with c-span, including a live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern. the debate is at 9:00 p.m. and then after the debate, your calls and e-mail and tweets. >> i watched c-span when there are even going on. any time something is going on, i want to watch c-span because they typically have the best, most unbiased view of whatever is happening. if...
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. >> you know what, i just think really that it's not really that fair that jim lehrer was the only guy with a teleprompter. you'll hear about that a lot probably, too. does that seem fair to you, that he's the only guy get as teleprompter? that was part of the problem. anyway, i guess we got to -- >> that teleprompter stuff is ridiculous. >> i know. i was just going to stick with the life lived without alcohol, you have a lot of brain cells, i was going to stick with that, but i can't help myself. >> just think how much better i'd be with you if i'd done the same thing. >> exactly. but i read like bill maher, there were -- the left abandons people so quickly if they get mad. i read from people, no, that complaint be really be him saying it. >> i think our colleagues on msnbc were pretty hot about it last night. >> that's what i mean. god bless them. all right. john harwood, thank you. >>> one day closer to the big jobs report from the government. today thursday's weekly jobless claims report. that hits the wires at 8:30. in the meantime, what's been happening in europe is that things h
. >> you know what, i just think really that it's not really that fair that jim lehrer was the only guy with a teleprompter. you'll hear about that a lot probably, too. does that seem fair to you, that he's the only guy get as teleprompter? that was part of the problem. anyway, i guess we got to -- >> that teleprompter stuff is ridiculous. >> i know. i was just going to stick with the life lived without alcohol, you have a lot of brain cells, i was going to stick with that,...
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the news hour's jim lehrer moderates from the university of denver. watch and engage with c-span, including our live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern, the debate at 9:00, and post-debate, your reactions, calls, and emails and tweets. follow our live coverage on c-span, c-span radio, and online at c-span.org. >> september 11, 2001, was a day that changed my life forever. it changed america's life. i'm going to go through a power point presentation, which is going to outline the account, the historical account of the attack as things happened, as things transpired that day. it gets pretty intense. a lot of things happened very quickly. i'm going to do my best not to ramble on and go too fast, but i would ask to you sit back, clear your mind, put yourself in that room, and you'll get a real sense of what it was like to be at the top of the food chain, the national command authority, as a nation of 300 million americans was attacked by 19 al qaeda terrorists. >> more from retired lieutenant colonel robert darling, inside the president's bunker, this we
the news hour's jim lehrer moderates from the university of denver. watch and engage with c-span, including our live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern, the debate at 9:00, and post-debate, your reactions, calls, and emails and tweets. follow our live coverage on c-span, c-span radio, and online at c-span.org. >> september 11, 2001, was a day that changed my life forever. it changed america's life. i'm going to go through a power point presentation, which is going to outline the account,...
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i am jim lehrer of the macneil- lehrer news hour on pbs, and i will be the moderator for this 90-minute event, which is taking place before an audience in the athletic complex on the campus of washington university in st. louis, missouri. three journalists will be asking questions tonight. they are john mashek of the boston globe, ann compton of abc news, and sander vanocur, a freelance journalist. we will follow a format agreed to by representatives of the clinton and bush campaigns. that agreement contains no restrictions on the content or subject matter of the questions. each candidate will have up to 2 minutes for a closing statement. the order of those, as well as the questioning, was determined by a drawing. the first question goes to mr. perot. he will have 2 minutes to answer, to be followed by rebuttals of one minute each from governor clinton and then president bush. gentlemen, good evening. the first topic tonight is what separates each of you from the other. mr. perot, what do you believe tonight is the single most important separating issue of this campaign? >> i think the
i am jim lehrer of the macneil- lehrer news hour on pbs, and i will be the moderator for this 90-minute event, which is taking place before an audience in the athletic complex on the campus of washington university in st. louis, missouri. three journalists will be asking questions tonight. they are john mashek of the boston globe, ann compton of abc news, and sander vanocur, a freelance journalist. we will follow a format agreed to by representatives of the clinton and bush campaigns. that...
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lehrer of the news hour. watch and engage with c-span, including a live debate preview. after the debate, your reactions, calls, e-mails and suites. follow us on c-span, c-span radio and at c-span.org. >> the federal aviation administration is planning on ground-based radar to transition to gps. the subject of nextgen was discussed at a house subcommittee hearing. this will be two hours. >> the hearing will commence. my colleague is here shortly. but i will begin with my opening statement and i suspect that by the time i finished, we will be able to benefit from that as well. today, the subcommittee will hear from governments in the aviation industry stakeholders on the faa's management and progress toward transforming our nations air-traffic control system. this program, known as nextgen, is the largest and most ambitious public works project in our nations history. successful implementation is critical to the future of our air transportation system and u.s. competitiveness in the global marketplace. today,
lehrer of the news hour. watch and engage with c-span, including a live debate preview. after the debate, your reactions, calls, e-mails and suites. follow us on c-span, c-span radio and at c-span.org. >> the federal aviation administration is planning on ground-based radar to transition to gps. the subject of nextgen was discussed at a house subcommittee hearing. this will be two hours. >> the hearing will commence. my colleague is here shortly. but i will begin with my opening...
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jim lehrer moderates the 90- minute debate with questions focusing on domestic policy. after the debate, your calls, e- mails, and tweets. >> i want c-spa -- i watched c- span every time -- especially when there are events going on to it every time something is going on, i want to watch c-span because they typically have the best, most unbiased view. if i want to get spun in a circle, i will watch one of the other stations. i love it c-span. i watched them on tv, i watch them online. i don't know that i have a favorite show. for me, it is any time something is going on, c-span will up the real story of what is happening. >> josh truitt watches c-span on directv could c-span, created by america's cable companies and in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your provider. >> iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad, of live at the united nations at 10:30 eastern, followed by the egyptian president and british prime minister did iran and u.s. foreign policy part of the conversation on this morning's "washington journal." host: he is teaching as a professor of diplomacy
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first of all i thought the debate last night was pretty -- i was stunned at how the moderator, jim lehrer, let himself get walked over by the candidates in terms of the timing. it was like the two minutes didn't matter. barack obama woods along. when i'm about to die i want barack obama's five seconds because they lasted forever. [laughter] on the other hand, i thought it was pretty good. there's so much policy in this debate. both of these people show they are very smart people and that they both you know can be president, won by virtue of being present in the other by virtue of -- i don't know if there are differences in the formats in the next two. i haven't looked that far ahead. but, i thought it worked out really well in terms of the back-and-forth. it was more of a gnat -- actual debate then a dinner talk or something. >> i think as they political follower like all of you are, i like to the elastic time constraints. i think sometimes in too many debates, i mean just let them talk. i don't think the format of the debate affected the performance of either candidate. it was what it wa
first of all i thought the debate last night was pretty -- i was stunned at how the moderator, jim lehrer, let himself get walked over by the candidates in terms of the timing. it was like the two minutes didn't matter. barack obama woods along. when i'm about to die i want barack obama's five seconds because they lasted forever. [laughter] on the other hand, i thought it was pretty good. there's so much policy in this debate. both of these people show they are very smart people and that they...
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derates, jim lehrer monit the debate. on-line coverage here on c-span. >> ross gave a good answer, but i got to respond directly to president bush. you questioned my patriotism. i honor your service in world war ii. i honor mr. perot's service and the service of every man and women who ever served, including your chairman and of joint chiefs. when joe mccarthy attack people for their paired treason, quest for their patriotism, he was wrong. you were wrong to attack my patriotism. i was opposed to the war, but i love my country, and media a country that will bring this country together, not divide it. i want to lead a unified country. i question his judgment and character. i do not accept his demonstrating and organizing demonstrations in a foreign country when your country is
derates, jim lehrer monit the debate. on-line coverage here on c-span. >> ross gave a good answer, but i got to respond directly to president bush. you questioned my patriotism. i honor your service in world war ii. i honor mr. perot's service and the service of every man and women who ever served, including your chairman and of joint chiefs. when joe mccarthy attack people for their paired treason, quest for their patriotism, he was wrong. you were wrong to attack my patriotism. i was...
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lehrer. the focus is on domestic policy and following the debate tomorrow, we will take your phone call reaction live here on cspan and cspan radio and c- span.org. c-span cameras are live on the ground today in denver inside the debate call at the ritchie center at the university of denver, we are staring at one of the television cameras that will be aimed at the podium and the debaters. sam stein of the huffington post covering the romney campaign this week tweets that mitt romney is enjoying a lunch at chipotle in denver. he had a burrito with black beans. that is an inside speak to the preparations for tomorrow night's debate. the president today is in henderson, nev. with last minute preparations. [no audio] [no audio] >> a look there on some of the network set up above the audience inside the ritchie center, the debate all at the university of denver where the debate will happen tomorrow night. the debate itself will start at 9:00 eastern and our preview coverage will be at 7:00. today
lehrer. the focus is on domestic policy and following the debate tomorrow, we will take your phone call reaction live here on cspan and cspan radio and c- span.org. c-span cameras are live on the ground today in denver inside the debate call at the ritchie center at the university of denver, we are staring at one of the television cameras that will be aimed at the podium and the debaters. sam stein of the huffington post covering the romney campaign this week tweets that mitt romney is enjoying...
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the news hour's jim lehrer moderates from the university of denver. watch and engage with c-span with the live debate, and followed by two ways to watch the debate at 9:00 o'clock, on c-span, both candidates on screen, the entire debate and on c-span2, the multi-camera version of the debate and following, your reactions, calls, e-mails, tweets. fog our live coverage on c-span, c-span radio, and online at c-span.org. >> >> the book is "third party matters" and joining from us tamper kwrarbgs florida is the author donald green. appreciate you being with us on c-span. guest: thank you. host: when have third parties made the biggest difference in american politics? guest: well, i think they've been -- there have been over 103rd parties since 1832. my book focuses on 11 parties i feel have made a difference. the two most significant parties in a sense are the two of the smaller ones, which is ralph nader in 2000, who changed the outcome to the election in florida and therefore nationally put george bush into the white house with accept prosecute -- with he
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lehrer from the university of denver. watch and engage from c-span. the debate isn't 9:00 p.m. after the debate, your reactions, calls, and emails and tweets. >> two texas politicians, each touted as the future of their parties, debated the economy, immigration and other issues at the texas tribune festival in austin. julian castro is the mayor san antonio and was the keynote speaker of this year's democratic national convention. ted crews is republican canada for the u.s. senate. this is one hour. >> i think you know the drill today. i hope you will enjoy as many of those as you can. if you have phones and you're not going to tweet or instagram, we ask you to turn off your phones. please give our sponsors a hand. [applause] we will visit for about 40 minutes. when we get started, there are phones on either i'll. -- either aisle. we ask that of that the microphone at the appropriate -- we ask that you line up at the microphone at the program time than july 31, 2012 began with the announcement that julian caster would be t
lehrer from the university of denver. watch and engage from c-span. the debate isn't 9:00 p.m. after the debate, your reactions, calls, and emails and tweets. >> two texas politicians, each touted as the future of their parties, debated the economy, immigration and other issues at the texas tribune festival in austin. julian castro is the mayor san antonio and was the keynote speaker of this year's democratic national convention. ted crews is republican canada for the u.s. senate. this is...
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lehrers hour's jim moderates and including the live debate preview followed by the domestic policy debate at 9:00. calls, females, and tweets. follow coverage at c-span radio. >> president obama speech to the un general assembly today included comments on the video that sparked protests in the muslim world. iran's nuclear program. and the legacy of chris stevens. this is half an hour. >> on behalf of the general assembly, i would be honored to welcome to the united nations, his excellency, barack obama, president of united states of america and invite him to >> mr. president, mr. secretary-general, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen, i would like to begin today by telling you about an american named chris stevens. chris was born in a town in california. the son of a lawyer and a musician. as a young man, chris and joined the peace corps and taught english in morocco he came to love and respect the people of north africa and the middle east. he would carry that commitment throughout his life. as a diplomat, he worked from egypt to syria. from saudi arabia to libya. he was known for wal
lehrers hour's jim moderates and including the live debate preview followed by the domestic policy debate at 9:00. calls, females, and tweets. follow coverage at c-span radio. >> president obama speech to the un general assembly today included comments on the video that sparked protests in the muslim world. iran's nuclear program. and the legacy of chris stevens. this is half an hour. >> on behalf of the general assembly, i would be honored to welcome to the united nations, his...